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TIL South korea has 52 million people in a similar area to portugal.

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9LNp TIL the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust allowed South African scientists from Transvaal Museum to analyze 24 pipe fragments found at William Shakespeare’s home. Eight of the pipes contained traces of cannabis and two contained traces of cocaine. Others appear to be laced hallucinogenic nutmeg extracts.
gGGW TIL Lee Fierro, who played the mother of Alex Kintner in Jaws, walked into a restaurant that sold an “Alex Kintner sandwich.” The owner ran out to meet her, and he was none other than Jeffrey Voorhees, who played her son. They had not seen each other since the original movie shoot.
kdym TIL in 1623, the German polymath Wilhelm Schickard designed what was probably the first mechanical digital computer. Schickard died of bubonic plague soon, but his machine was replicated later and is likely to have worked in spite of some imperfections.
xVK9w TIL Mayonnaise does not need to be refrigerated. Putting mayo in the fridge extends its flavor shelf life but it is safe at room temperature because it is so acidic; food bacteria can't grow in it.
ne1MP TIL George Lucas didn’t want Harrison Ford to play Indiana Jones because he didn’t want them to become known as a pair like DeNiro and Scorsese. Lucas and Spielberg thought Tom Selleck was perfect for the part but he had already filmed the pilot “Magnum P.I.” and couldn’t get out of the contract